HLIO
Helios Technologies, Inc.
HLIO's fundamentals are strong and it looks cheap: trading at 20x earnings, about half its usual 38x. Analysts expect earnings growth.
HLIO Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Healthy |
HLIO's profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are currently healthy, and its revenue is stable.
HLIO PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 14x | $47.69 | — |
| Current | 20x | $47.69 | — |
| Cheap | 21x | $50.21 | +5.3% |
| Fair | 37x | $88.21 | +85% |
| Expensive | 53x | $126 | +163% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
HLIO's PE is in its cheap range at 20x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 14x next year's earnings.
HLIO Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Growth | |
| Growth | |
| Improving | |
| Limited | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect earnings and revenue growth for HLIO, with profitability improving.
HLIO Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $3.30 | +40% |
| Q3 2026 | $2.36 | +134% |
| Q2 2026 | $2.14 | +106% |
| Q1 2026 | $1.82 | +64% |
| Q4 2025 | $1.45 | +24% |
| Q3 2025 | $1.01 | -11% |
| Q2 2025 | $1.04 | +16% |
| Q1 2025 | $1.11 | +11% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.17 | +2.6% |
HLIO's earnings per share have fallen from their peak: $2.36 over the past year, against $3.46 in early 2022.
HLIO Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $229.7M | +4.3% |
| Q2 2026 | $231.9M | +9.1% |
| Q1 2026 | $228.4M | +17% |
| Q4 2025 | $210.8M | +17% |
| Q3 2025 | $220.3M | +13% |
| Q2 2025 | $212.5M | -3.4% |
| Q1 2025 | $195.5M | -7.8% |
| Q4 2024 | $179.5M | -7.2% |
HLIO's revenue has grown year over year for five quarters in a row: $230M last quarter, up 4.3% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 12% | +12 points |
| Q2 2026 | 14% | +3.7 points |
| Q1 2026 | 13% | +4.4 points |
| Q4 2025 | 12% | +4.8 points |
| Q3 2025 | 0.6% | -11 points |
| Q2 2025 | 10% | -1.5 points |
| Q1 2025 | 8.7% | -0.9 points |
| Q4 2024 | 7.4% | +1.3 points |
HLIO's operating margin was 12% last quarter, up 12 points from the same quarter a year ago.
HLIO Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $32.4M | +74% |
| Q2 2026 | $30.6M | -3.2% |
| Q1 2026 | $17.2M | +33% |
| Q4 2025 | $40.5M | +43% |
| Q3 2025 | $18.6M | -35% |
| Q2 2025 | $31.6M | +22% |
| Q1 2025 | $12.9M | +4.9% |
| Q4 2024 | $28.3M | +14% |
HLIO's free cash flow has been positive every quarter for seven years: $121M over the past year, up 32% from the year before.
HLIO Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -0.6% | -200K shares |
| 1 year | -0.9% | -300K shares |
| 3 years | -0.3% | -100K shares |
| 5 years | +1.9% | +615K shares |
| Available history | +3.1% | +985K shares |
HLIO has 33M diluted shares, down 0.9% from a year ago.
HLIO Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 1.4x | Healthy |
| Q2 2026 | 1.1x | Healthy |
| Q1 2026 | 1.3x | Healthy |
| Q4 2025 | 1.5x | Healthy |
| Q3 2025 | 1.9x | Healthy |
| Q2 2025 | 1.7x | Healthy |
| Q1 2025 | 1.8x | Healthy |
| Q4 2024 | 1.8x | Healthy |
HLIO's net debt is about 1.4 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), down from 1.9 years a year ago.
HLIO Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 24.8 | Oversold |
| Stochastic | 3.3 | Oversold |
HLIO's weekly RSI is 25 (oversold) and its Stochastic is 3 (oversold).
HLIO PE vs Industrials Sector
| Metric | HLIO | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 20x | 24x | 16% below |
| PE % | 12 | 58 | 46 pts below |
HLIO is trading at 20x earnings, a 16% discount to the Industrials sector's median of 24x.
HLIO Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $63.1 | 24% below |
| 20 week MA | $71.6 | 33% below |
| 50 week MA | $70.2 | 32% below |
| 100 week MA | $56.0 | 15% below |
| 200 week MA | $53.9 | 11% below |
HLIO is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 11% below its 200-week average.
HLIO Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $45.5 | $52.8 | +16% |
| 2021 | $52.8 | $103.1 | +95% |
| 2022 | $103.1 | $54.8 | -47% |
| 2023 | $54.8 | $45.4 | -17% |
| 2024 | $45.4 | $45.0 | -0.8% |
| 2025 | $45.0 | $55.5 | +23% |
| 2026 YTD | $55.5 | $47.7 | -14% |
HLIO has finished lower in three of the last six years. It's down 14% so far in 2026.